Michael Burleigh

Type: Person

Name: Michael Burleigh

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Inside the twisted mind of a jihadist: He's addicted to Al Qaeda websites, and loathes decadent non-believers says MICHAEL BURLEIGH

By Michael Burleigh and the great majority are radicalised Muslims. Here, terror expert and historian MICHAEL BURLEIGH imagines the mindset of such an extremist in Britain.He was already exhausted when he woke at 11am, for, as a devout Muslim, he had ... [Published Mail Online UK - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Al-Qaeda, jihadist

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

A walk through world history

(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Before World War II it was a fair assumption that The sun never sets on the British Empire.' After the second ... [Published MENAFN - May 12 2013]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Vietnam, Counter-Insurgency, Kenya

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Carter Center

Gun control, mental health and the Holocaust

United States President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden presents proposals as part of the Obama Administration’s response to the shootings in Newtown, Conn., during a policy meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Jan. 14. During ... [Published Heritage Florida Jewish News - May 03 2013]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Gun Control, Euthanasia, Nazi, Carter Center

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

History in School: The Debate Continues

In 1990 History Today published a book, The History Debate, edited by Juliet Gardiner. It brought together a number of distinguished historians, including Asa Briggs, Roy Porter, Jinty Nelson and Raphael Samuel, in response to the then Conservative government’s ... [Published History Today - May 02 2013]

Entities: Roy Porter, Raphael Samuel, David Cannadine

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

MI6

Small Wars, Far Away Places by Michael Burleigh – review

Mau May uprising, Kenya, c1954: looking for insurgents, British soldiers round up local people. Photograph: Popperfoto/ Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Congo, was murdered in 1961 by Belgian and Congolese troops acting ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Patrice Lumumba, MI6

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Collapsing empires and the Cold War — the birth of the new world order

The date is Christmas 1952; the place Government House in Nairobi, Kenya. The British governor is throwing a party. The guests include the Hollywood stars Clark Gable, Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner, who are in Africa to film the movie Mogambo, and to round ... [Published London Evening Standard - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Cold War, Ava Gardner, George McGovern, Lyndon B Johnson

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Letters to the Editor: May 2013

After the Cold WarMichael Burleigh’s informative and interesting comparison of presidents Obama and Eisenhower (I Like Ike, April) is perhaps a little too kind to the present incumbent. Not many people have won the Nobel Peace Prize on the strength of ... [Published History Today - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Michael Burleigh, Nazi, Propaganda

First reported Apr 09 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Margaret Thatcher's 'place in history is assured'

Thatcher's tenure at No 10 changed British politics and society for ever. Four historians look back on her achievementsAntony BeevorMargaret Thatcher is usually remembered for her forthright advocacy of free-market capitalism. Yet I think that a century ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 09 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, Trade Union, Antony Beevor

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